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MS server error marks PCs as 'nongenuine'

Susan Bradley

By Susan Bradley

Windows Genuine Advantage: now more genuinely annoying for genuine users of Vista.

A software failure at Microsoft over the weekend falsely branded thousands of legitimate users' PCs as "nongenuine" and restricted some capabilities.

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